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Planning & Administering Windows Server 2008 Servers - N°6430B

This 3-day course is intended for IT pros who are interested in the knowledge and skills necessary to plan a Windows Server 2008 operating system infrastructure. This course is aimed at server administrators and is not a “how-to” course; therefore, it has a significant number of planning exercises with less focus on hands-on exercises than some courses.

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Course Description

Description

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Plan for both Windows Server 2008 installation and upgrade from a previous version of Windows Server to Windows Server 2008.
  • Plan and implement network connectivity in Windows Server 2008 by using IPv4-related technologies and plan a migration strategy to IPv6.
  • Plan the deployment of Active Directory–related services in Windows Server 2008.
  • Apply the design considerations for implementing group policy.
  • Plan the configuration of different applications services in Windows Server 2008.
  • Create a plan for file and print services to meet an organization’s printing, file storage, and access needs.
  • Create a plan to secure the Windows Server 2008 environment.
  • Create local and remote administration strategies for administering a Windows Server 2008 environment.
  • Create a monitoring plan for the Windows Server 2008 environment.
  • Create a plan that will help mitigate the effects of various disaster scenarios on the IT infrastructure.
  • Create a plan for using virtualization in a Windows Server 2008 environment

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

  • Skills equivalent to course 6418A (deployment)–Installation and configuration of Windows Server 2008, Windows Deployment Services, Active Directory directory service upgrades
  • Skills equivalent to course 6420A (networking fundamentals)– TCP/IP configuration, server administration, network and data security
  • Skills equivalent to course 6421A (core network infrastructure training)– Domain Name System (DNS) configuration, Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) configuration, IPv6 transition, remote access, network policies, Network Access Protection (NAP), Distributed File System (DFS)
  • Skills equivalent to course  6424A (Active Directory fundamentals)– Configure Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), configure Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS), configure Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS), configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), create users and groups
  • Skills equivalent to course 6425A (core Active Directory training)– Configure AD DS security, trusts, sites, replication, Group Policy
  • Up to one year experience implementing server plans

Who Should Attend this course ?

This course is intended for a server administrator who:

  • Is moving from a technical-specialist role to a decision-making role.
  • Wants to acquire the necessary knowledge to be able to plan for Windows Server 2008 servers